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Indiana State named MVC Women’s Cross Country/Track and Field Program of the Year
Story Links ST. LOUIS – Indiana State was announced as the 2025 MVC Women’s Track and Field Program of the Year Tuesday afternoon by the conference office. The Sycamores continued their dominance of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 2024-25 campaign, sweeping the MVC Women’s Indoor and Outdoor Championships for the […]
ST. LOUIS – Indiana State was announced as the 2025 MVC Women’s Track and Field Program of the Year Tuesday afternoon by the conference office.
The Sycamores continued their dominance of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 2024-25 campaign, sweeping the MVC Women’s Indoor and Outdoor Championships for the second straight season. Indiana State also posted its highest finish at the MVC Women’s Cross Country Championships since 1997, finishing as runner-up.
The Sycamores had multiple major performances to propel them to the top of the charts in the MVC. Emma Gresham became the first Indiana State athlete to capture the MVC Women’s Cross Country Individual Championship since 2003 with a school record 6K performance of 20:09.7, while Rachel Mehringer shattered conference records in both the indoor 60m hurdles (8.19) and outdoor 100m hurdles (13.04). Gresham was also an All-Region honoree, Indiana State’s first since 2017, at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional.
Indiana State women’s cross country/track and field athletes set 51 program top-10 marks over the course of the 2024-25 campaign (13 cross country, 17 indoor track and field, 21 outdoor track and field), while six school records were broken across the 2024-25 cross country/track and field calendar. Gresham (cross country – 4K, 5K, 6K), Mehringer (indoor – 60m hurdles, outdoor – 100m hurdles) and Lillian Gibbs (javelin) all broke program records during the season, while 24 all-conference accolades were earned by Sycamore women’s cross country/track and field athletes during the season (two cross country, 11 indoor track and field, 11 outdoor track and field).
In addition to Gresham’s cross country conference title, Indiana State had eight conference champions across its MVC Indoor-Outdoor Championship sweep. Mehringer (60m hurdles, 100m hurdles) and Jahnel Bowman (triple jump) took home titles at both the indoor and outdoor championships, Janiya Bowman (long jump) and Niesha Anderson (weight throw) won indoor titles, while Brooklyn Pfaff (pole vault) and Emma Yoder (discus) won outdoor titles.
Indiana State was also second in the 2025 MVC Men’s Track and Field Program of the Year rankings, after winning its fourth straight MVC Outdoor Championship and finishing second at the MVC Indoor Championships.
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